David Tennant and Michael Sheen to star in new lockdown comedy about furloughed actors

As music fans continue to champion a potential Verzuz battle between Kanye West and Pharrell, on Thursday (June 11), they received endless gems in a new interview between the two hip-hop luminaries.

Kanye West has defended Michael Jackson in a new interview, saying “companies” and “documentaries” shouldn’t be allowed to “tear down our heroes.”In a conversation with Pharrell Williams for i-D Magazine, West appeared to reference the Dan Reed-directed documentary Leaving Neverland. That film focused on testimony by Wade Robson and James Safechuck, both of whom claimed that Jackson sexually abused them when they were children.

Tim Dams New distributor Rainmaker Content has secured global rights excluding the U.K. to BBC One lockdown comedy “Staged,” starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen.Launching on BBC One today, the Infinity Hill and GCB Films Production six part series is written by Simon Evans.

UK theatres will need government help if they are to survive the coronavirus pandemic, actor David Tennant has warned.

Jill Goldsmith Genius Brands International has named Margaret Loesch, longtime entertainment exec and former CEO of Fox Kids Networks Worldwide, as executive chair of Kartoon Channel!, the new kids’ ad-supported streaming service launching June 15. David Neuman, former president of Walt Disney Television, was named chief creative officer.Kartoon Channel! will be available in over 100 million U.S.

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The careers of actresses Awkwafina and Karen Gillan seem to be taking off at the same exact time, but both in very different ways. Regardless of how they achieved superstar status, it appears that both actresses are set to star opposite each other in the upcoming action-comedy film, “Shelly.” According to Deadline, Awkwafina and Gillan will co-star in, “Shelly,” which is written by Michael Doneger and Liz Storm and directed by Jude Weng.

It has been revealed that is returning to the universe. The former lead of the hit sci-fi show will star alongside Tom Baker in a brand new, audio drama from producers Big Finish, the Radio Times reports. David and Tom, who are the fourth and tenth Doctors respectively, are teaming up for "the first of an explosive new full-cast audio drama series" named Doctor Who: Out of Time.

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